Police said they're looking for a man who stole thousands of dollars of baby formula from Walmart stores in Laconia and Tilton.

Police said they're looking for a man who stole thousands of dollars of baby formula from Walmart stores in Laconia and Tilton.

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Updated: 6:19 PM EST Nov 25, 2015

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WEBVTT HIM. KRISTEN CAROSA JOINS US WITH DETAILS. REPORT POLICE SAY THIS THIEF HAS BOLD MOVES, WALKING RIGHT INTO THE STORE, FILLING THE CART TO THE BRIM, AND WALKING OUT WITH NO INTENT TO PAY FOR ANY OF IT. TWO SHOPLIFTING INCIDENTS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED AT THIS TILTON WAL-MART, AFTER THIS MAN WALKED IN AND WALKED OUT WITH DOZENS OF CANS OF BABY FORMULA. >> SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $2500 WORTH OF BABY FORMULA. THE SUSPECTS ACTUALLY TOOK ALL THE BABY FORMULA. REPORTER: POLICE ARE RELYING ON THESE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS TO CATCH THE SUSPECT WHO COULD NOW FACE FELONY CHARGES. >> WE LOOK AT THESE AS ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME CASES, ANYTHING IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, THEY'RE GOING STORE TO STORE AND IN SOME CASES STATE THE STATE, AND THESE CASES CAN ACTUALLY GROW AND BE PRETTY BIG. REPORTER: THE WAL-MART IN LACONIA WAS ALSO HIT, THERE THE SUSPECT STOLE MORE THAN 100 CANS. >> HE WENT IN THE STORE, LOADED UP A CARRIAGE AND PLAY TABTLY WALKED OUT THERE THE FRONT DOOR. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FORMULA COULD BE SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET. >> THE CANS RETAIL FROM $15 TO $20 PER CAN. SO IF THEY CAN PUT IT OUT ON THE BLACK MARKET FOR A QUARTER OR HALF OF THAT, REQUEST LARGE NUMBERS THEY CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. REPORTER: OR IT COULD BE USED TO CUT DRUGS. >> TYPICALLY PEOPLE COME UP FROM NEW YORK CITY OR OTHER AREAS, COME UP HERE, STEAL IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT KNOWN. REPORTER: AND IT'S NOTHING NEW. TILTON POLICE SAY THEY SAW SIMILAR RETAIL THEFTS IN THE PAST. >> WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST BEFORE WITH INK CARTRIDGES, THAT CASE TURNED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF STOLEN INK. REPORTER: AND IT MAY MEAN STORES CHANGING THE WAY FORMULA IS DISPLAYED. >> NOW WITH THESE TYPE OF THINGS THEY MAY HAVE TO START SECURING BABY FORMULA BEHIND THE COUNTER, WHICH IS SAD. REPORTER: POLICE TELL US THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO STEAL FROM THE WAL-MART IN EPPING BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHO THIS SUSPECT MIGHT BE, CALL

Police seek man in baby formula thefts

Police said they're looking for a man who stole thousands of dollars of baby formula from Walmart stores in Laconia and Tilton.